Prospective study of IL-18 and risk of MI and stroke in men and women aged 60-79years: A nested case-control study.

CONCLUSIONS: Circulating IL-18 levels were strongly associated with a range of established and novel risk factors but were not independently associated with risk of MI or stroke in our study. PMID: 23207179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/23207179?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cytokine - November 30, 2012 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jefferis BJ, Whincup PH, Welsh P, Wannamethee SG, Rumley A, Ebrahim S, Lawlor DA, Lowe GD Tags: Cytokine Source Type: research